Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Estates Code § 123.002: TREATMENT OF DECEDENT'S FORMER SPOUSE.

Where this section sits in the code

ESTATES CODE
TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY
SUBTITLE C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL
CHAPTER 123. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
SUBCHAPTER A. EFFECT OF DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE ON WILL

A person is not a surviving spouse of a decedent if the person's marriage to the decedent has been dissolved by divorce, annulment, or a declaration that the marriage is void, unless:

(1) as the result of a subsequent marriage, the person is married to the decedent at the time of death; and

(2) the subsequent marriage is not declared void under Subchapter C.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

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